that's triggered fears the country is turning into. position is already making accusations of vote rigging. becomes the scene of. hundreds. of the biggest protests in recent russian history. the european court describes a treatment of terror suspects. mistakenly fell victim to the interrogation techniques.

screen international news in coming live from moscow egyptians are voting on the new draft constitution that split the country in weeks of violent anti president protests the referendum is seen as a decisive moment that will show which way the majority of egyptians are leaning towards the islamists the liberal opposition reported true is following the voting . after three weeks of political turmoil that seen mass rallies against the president also bloody scenes in the streets of egypt's major cities overnight the minute she apparently beat up security at the polling stations for people to come and vote they have course have been called in by the president to secure the nation during this time of political unrest and the referendum we expect out hundreds of

thousands of police officers and soldiers in the streets today ensuring that the scenes are calm this comes after violent scenes yesterday on friday and alexandria egypt second city which saw clashes between rival protest groups to support the constitution and those against it including groups wielding machetes. also iron rods and with around about one thousand injured and possible dead to we haven't had that confirmed yet this of course follows several weeks worth of buying seats on the streets of cairo the referendum is actually being held across two days is there not a sufficient number of judges to supervise the process this opposition forces say is a major problem and could open up the referendum to vote rigging in addition civil society groups here questioning how it's possible for them to observe the elections to for electoral fraud since the head of the constituent somebody who drafted the

constitution is also the head of the national human rights council will be overseeing the observation all the polling stations the constitution itself is a major point of contention also the opposition forces they have said that it is written by islamist dominated constituent assembly somebody when this mass will cross by liberal leftist and church forces and therefore it will only in a religious state also they said would impose a presidential dictatorship and they collect key rights and freedoms of expression so this constitution they say should be rewritten the constituent assembly should be reforged so we'll have to see with the results of the referendum the future of egypt's. true reporting there from karen incidents of violence are accompanying the voting in egypt as bell reports on twitter and she says at least four people have been injured in four different cities across the country since the beginning of the constitution preferring to check the latest updates. under school call.

the egyptian opposition is already accusing the muslim brotherhood of mass vote rigging join the referendum this coupled with a lack of unity among the opposition itself is likely to result in the referendum not reflecting the people's real will says journalist a middle east analyst who meant forty morsi is not showing any signs of flexibility he's not showing any signs of building consensus he is shown to be a very stubborn person regardless of the outcome of the referendum the scene in egypt right now it's an indicative that there is going to be a mass scale. playing with the results there is already reports about money and sustenance is being given to poor people to encourage them to go out and vote favorably with yes for the constitution and on the other side the egyptians

are still divided into different groups and the mobilization of the voters are not going as it should have been going so it's not really representative of the nations when or of the consensus that should have been existing. and turbulence continues elsewhere in the arab world later this hour we'll have an insight from bahrain where anti-government protests have been defiant and undefeated for almost two years now. still to come but first twenty six people being gunned down twenty of them children in the u.s. elementary school in central connecticut the brutal massacre ended only when the killer turned the gun on himself he's going to has the story. there's still lots of questions as to what happened at that elementary school in connecticut the shooter has been identified at this point it was adam lanza twenty year old who went into his mother's kindergarten class she was a teacher at that school and wiped out the entire class twenty children were killed

in the carnage eighteen children died at the scene at the hospital those were five year olds six year old small children the shooter also targeted and killed six adults and unless his mother the teacher was also found dead in her home near the school the suspect it. was the suspected shooter had three guns on him as he went into the school two handguns and one semiautomatic weapon all reportedly registered to adam lanza's mother a witness said there must have been one hundred rounds fired after killing all these people at unless they reportedly shot himself there has been a number of horrifying shootings at schools in the u.s. in the past but never has there been a rampage that killed this many small children in two thousand and seven a student killed thirty two people at virginia tech we of course remember the columbine massacre in colorado where two students shot and killed thirteen people

and injured twenty four but the children killed in connecticut were very very young we heard president obama delivered tearful speech this friday but nevertheless the white house has pretty much dodged questions on its gun policy and those are questions on many people's minds right now but the president does say it's time to take meaningful action to prevent mess across like this from happening again but what action he did not specify is the fact of the matter is that getting a gun is fairly easy in the u.s. adam lanza's mother apparently had no problem purchasing and registering story guns one of them a semi automatic weapon and it's a powerful deadly weapon one of the policy goals of president obama was a man on assault weapons but is thought to be a losing proposition for any politician in the u.s. to. really seriously consider seriously take on the issue of attempts to regulate guns inevitably hit a wall and that wall is the second amendment the right of the people to bear arms some states here do have controls over gun possession but again very limited

controls the state of illinois for example used to have a ban on concealed weapons but this week a federal court ruling struck down the country's last such poor vision as unconstitutional and ordered the state to craft a law allowing it so much for gun control in the us the state of wisconsin passed out its ban on concealed weapons last year and it seems there is no way of arguing against the amendment even despite the yes absolutely horrifying and recurring incidence. this latest tragedy has reopened the debate on what many see as the weak gun control laws in the u.s. and all of these lives will went to the white house to see and the guns really. many people are taking their concerns to the front of the white house as you can see about one hundred people are gathered here holding signs holding candles trying to make their voices heard saying that now is the time to talk about gun control

and the u.s. we spoke to some of the protesters here's what they had to say today we saw a room full of kindergartners slaughtered by a guy who never should have gotten a gun. if our president can't talk about it the issue now as a father of two daughters young daughters i think it's time for him for a gut check in it's there's no more and no more excuses anymore this should not have happened we should have measures in place before this to prevent people from accessing guns who are not fit to hold them also in my opinion i don't think something that is military grade as an assault rifle i don't think that should be in the hands of anybody it's not a toy and we can't keep our teachers in our children in our school administrators safe and very day we can't keep people who are walking down the streets safe then there should be changed and to resign ourselves to the to saying that this is a problem that has a solution is defeatist and we should we should take this on and change what we did hear from press secretary jay carney earlier this morning he said today is not the

day to be talking about gun control we also heard a very emotional speech from president obama sending his condolences to the victims to the family is in newtown connecticut he did not talk about the issue of guns or gun control but protesters here say if today is not the day in the wake of this very tragic mass shooting they don't know when that time. and washington liz wall are to. log on to a website. they told the story in there you'll also find the full timeline of those tragic events. to meet. several hundred people in the marking

a year since some of the biggest anti-government protests in russia's recent history around forty activists were arrested for taking part in a rally that was authorized most of them have since been released. has this report the authorities did not sanction any rallies to be held in this place saying that there is usually heavy traffic in the same area and any mass gatherings could cause some additional problems they did hold long negotiations with the opposition before proposing other routes but fields to reach an agreement as a result today several hundred people gathered in central moscow to mark one year since the start of anti-government protests in the country we have seen some arrests including those of opposition leaders. they say that they were detained a lawful easton's they claim that all the people who've gathered here this saturday are not taking part in any rally they're just outside for a walk all in all what's happening and here today is a really of no comparison to what we've seen a year ago last december when truly tens of thousands of people took to the streets

while here we're talking just about a few hundred. tough economic times in the u.k. taking their toll on british done later this hour reporting how soaring food prices in the u.k. are forcing need to say no to a healthy meal. go back to church to read the bible and to find faith and to remember what the holiday is supposed to be for i just think people should think that every year has to be the best christmas ever made in the program or healthiest places people in the big apple i but when that today's christmas has lost something of its traditional matching that and then you will feel great.

the san bernardino california police force left to shrink by eighty officers this year to cover their budget deficit during a local meeting the chief of police laid out the city's problems the sea is facing waves of gang violence theft and drug trafficking but with all the prisons completely overcrowded many of these criminals go right back on to the street and there's just nobody to put more police out there to fight them the police chief really only had one solution offer a given situation go home lock your doors and load and you know what actually that's not that bad of a proposition america's always been a country where people been expected to look out for themselves and i appreciate the police chiefs honesty but i know the world we live in and i have a feeling that the second some homeowner shoots a guy who jumps over his fence at night that homeowners going to go to jail for life you can't expect that a nineteenth century attitude towards crime will be able to work in a twenty first century world where rapists can sue you because they slipped on your slippery kitchen floor if you want people to be able to defend themselves that's

great but you have to allow them the legal liberty to do so or else the criminals will just take over but that's just my opinion. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all day.

from moscow this is o.t. the news continues now cia agents illegally abducted a german citizen and beat him up these are the funding's of the european court of human rights and his first ever ruling that the cia is guilty of torture the court found in favor of a man who had failed to get legal knowledge meant in the us and europe of what happened on it el masri says he was kidnapped in two thousand and three and abused to be mistaken for a terrorist the us is now being pursued for an apology and compensation for historian doug valentine believes that's unlikely to happen as the cia operates above the law. no cia officer ever. will ever. prison a prison term even in the united states convicted of a crime these people are simply above the law in fact the only thing that the cia

does is to conduct illegal activities which is why it's above the law it's business things that are illegal so the fact that. europe or asia or south america or any place of. this you know is not a probe. those things without prior authorization from. the president. officers everything that. is policy. do you still think it's you watching the t.v. and not the other way around. companies never feel the technology used to make the . owners using a camera and the microphone more on that story. expense for chinese parents is the country's going to introduce a fee if they want. children. in

the us germany and the netherlands are deploying patriot missiles along with around twelve hundred troops on turkey's border with syria nato claims the move will protect from a potential strike by its neighbor or the critics a conflict torn syria is unlikely to attack an alliance member. looks at why turkey is so eager to defend itself from its former friend. he may have treated his command bridge for an apartment in istanbul but retired admiral turk or air turk still keeps tabs on his country's foreign policy and he doesn't like what he sees like many turkish patriots the admiral believes his country is common sense and

domestic concerns for western interests. turkey is looking at the middle east through america's eyes not for its purity turkish perspective here example with syria turkey claims it wants to see democracy in syria but look who it's working with saudi arabia qatar and their democratic credit is wanting. forget the zero problems with neighbor's roof which in korea has prided itself on for many decades critics now see turkey as dancing to one nation's. bomb places burnt very schools kill people but that does not suffice to get certain permanent results which the us can utilize afterwards because you in the choice of football involves country use some social strata some people internalize us policy and will represent in the countries that have been invaded so our this is very

tricky comes in geographically and culturally it's a great base camp for the likes of the us and nato to take include food in their empty acid invasions it was just two years ago that turkey was calling bashar lost a brother and voting against sanctions on iran its relatively recent change of heart however may not have everything to do with turkey's desire to appease the west and may indeed be part of a plan by turkish officials to become regional if not global major players. has. an optimum drink. but it was some hundred years ago. just truants up in time syria was part of the land but now syria is. member of connect nation. and independent state. the

hasn't. yet turkish officials seem to skirt the issue of their internal problems and instead turn their attention elsewhere syria case in point but the likes of retired admiral turk are believe the turkish ship is a cursed one should its present commanders continue on their current course it involved. tens of thousands of people to march in bahrain's capital as anti-government protests continue in the gulf the uprising has been going on for almost two years now and is often met with a brutal response by the country's security forces but for more on the story i'm joined by so you see if from the bahrain center for human rights one another huge protest in the capital all the any signs that these demonstrations all having any effect. i mean yes i mean from.

demanding democracy and. human rights i mean yes there. will be some because. we know we know that many of. them but that does not mean that people have. course human rights is a area of concern for you the bahraini regime has recently been criticized by amnesty international for gross human rights violations accusation the country's government has called baseless do you think anyone has any sort of influence over the regime particularly when it comes to the way the authorities are dealing with these protests. i mean. government took they have.

to come with a company so that's why they don't want to you as you know almost more than one hundred. thousand we're told. and what are you going to have. their government behind it because they haven't because. they don't care about the human mind it's just to show the world. that they're going to think what on what's happening in about in this is going to modernize and killing people and people in a day and then you don't you say clearly there's support from the likes of saudi arabia what about the reaction from the u.s. and its western allies that they've been somewhat passive about the violence in bahrain haven't they understand that international actually cold in those countries to stop pretending nothing is happening and pretending that it's business as usual

when it comes to trade aspects. i mean yes i mean you. know that is you know. we're out of victims because. we've got a big. country which i've been to so that's why they don't care about democracy and human rights now almost to. the u.s. and you call them the government about the case of human rights violation just just in one word all we're going to see a revolution that just briefly going to say revolution perhaps it will continue to . diminish all right say thank you very much indeed thank you so you see if i have to join me live there from bahrain. many britons are preparing for a scant christmas dinner with soaring food prices forcing people to ditch holiday delicacies the cost of food is up by a third in just five years leaving many families with slim pickings artie's has

this report. do you look at what you're putting in your shopping basket health conscious customers might want to call up on their fruit and vege but what if that's getting too expensive for families in the u.k. the cost of their weekly shop has gone up by over a third over the past five years and it's set to get more expensive still among the healthier fresh meat so you can find chicken breasts for five ninety nine per kilogram and you've got your for isn't processed retailing at one twenty nine in some cases now if you're a struggling household with lots of mouths to feed it's a no brainer britain is now in the midst of a nutritional recession to go hand in hand with the financial one every million children in the u.k. are going without a daily healthy meal not a coalition government provide free fruits and veggies to schools and they supplement those on the lower income but it looks like the cheaper meal deals are often more appealing than the government health warnings health campaign to say

it's time for the government to several new plan to get britain struggling households to acquire not just the taste but also the means for a healthier diet. news in the meantime the report is next after this break. looking at some jokes you simply do not believe they can speak and good news how they can run oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the u.s. they come to russia and everybody is still very friendly they welcomed me with open

arms and the scenery is so beautiful. very much like a lot and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from a stray here now it's truly has come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it the scenery and trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for those who brought their idea to life. five years ago mada press camera built a dock kennel in the village kids from the local open h. came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed to the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training baffle legged friends but smother her schedule also encourages her kids to become depth hands on the computer and

internet the boys regularly updates their websites and they're in touch with that busy ma the twenty four seven on the phone itself. but children are the most important thing my own interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether press gave us huskies window race or not she hopes the composition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the winning but truly just the taking part that counts. easy to see. destruction without shame. what could have been just ruined. say

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with. my skies are welcome to the kaiser report let me ask you something do you ever get the feeling that the central bankers and just plain alabang stars ruling our world are like to meth heads ripping up copper wiring roofing and plumbing the very fabric of our society and economy around this just to get one more.